(~s, ~ing, upheld)
1.
If you ~ something such as a law, a principle, or a decision, you support and maintain it.
Our policy has been to ~ the law...
...~ing the artist’s right to creative freedom.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If a court of law ~s a legal decision that has already been made, it decides that it was the correct decision.
The crown court, however, upheld the magistrate’s decision.
VERB: V n